The Department of Revenue may apportion the assessed value of the property of any company owning or using wire, pipe or pole lines, or operating over operational routes, over the wire, pipe or pole lines in such manner and at such rate or rates per mile as the department determines to be reasonable and fair. [Amended by 1981 c.804 § 65; 1991 c.459 § 152; 1997 c.541 § 209; 2009 c.128 § 10]